Name/Title
'Thirty Favorite Paintings' copyright P. F. Collier & Son, 1908Entry/Object ID
1997.481.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.481.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ARTISTS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1908
OBJECT: BOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND BOOK, WITH COVER OF RED-COLORED PAPER TRIMMED IN BLACK-COLORED BUCKRAM. COVER HAS PAPER LABEL IN GOLD- AND RED-COLORED TYPE. BOLD CAPTION STATES, "THIRTY FAVORITE PAINTINGS." THE BOOK WAS COPYRIGHTED IN 1908 BY P F COLLIER & SON.
SIZE: L 11" X W 16-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
BOOK ENTITLED, "THIRTY FAVORITE PAINTINGS," INCLUDED THE WORK OF HARRISON FISHER (WHO LIVED AS A CHILD IN ALAMEDA), FREDERIC REMINGTON, MAXFIELD PARRISH, AND CHARLES DANA GIBSON, AS WELL AS OTHER LEADING ARTISTS OF THE PERIOD. BOOK ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO ALVA GUNSBURGER WHO HAD MARRIED INTO THE EISFELDT FAMILY. THEY CAME TO ALAMEDA IN 1892. ALVA WAS ALSO THE STEPMOTHER OF THE LATE FRANCES GUNSBURGER, ONE-TIME SECRETARY TO THE MAYOR OF ALAMEDA. THE BOOK WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1955, NUMBERED "991." AND NEVER OFFICIALLY CATALOGED UNTIL 1997.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MRS ALVA GUNSBURGER,
CATALOGED: AUGUST 30, 1997
